Although the group typically specialises in re-enactments of clashes such as Korean War battles, and occasionally skirmishes from the Falklands War, Brundle claimed that the time was right for such societies to be branching out

He said: “Though we’re primarily focussed around Cold War exercises, one of the great national legacies of that period was escalating crowd violence at football grounds across the country.

“What better way to sample our country’s heritage than to get up close to a great modern-day footballing riot; the kind of thing that rarely happens nowadays.”

Local council leader Mike Gratton hailed the announcement, and promised to help promote the re-enactment across the constituency.

He said: “This is a side of East London that is rarely commemorated, and I, for one, and excited to re-live that heady night.